Bike Talk

Airing the grievances of bike haters can be an effective strategy as long as we're not equally crazy, says Charles Marohn, Strong Towns founder, in our webinar "Podcasting for Bike Advocates." 0:40 Biking on ski slopes, shredding on single tracks, and other highlights of Taylor's family trip to Colorado and Utah. 2:55 Andy May returned to cyclocross racing less than a year after losing a leg. He's still riding and racing, and works for a company that makes prosthetics. 8:08 It's hot. Especially in cities, because of the "heat island" effect. 22:53 Detroit's huge weekly social ride, "Slow Roll," is the closest thing to world peace, according to our correspondent and Slow Roll leader Reo. 25:58 LA's All City Co-ops Ride connected LA's major bike co-ops, Bicycle Kitchen, Bike Oven, and Bikerowave, as well as Bici Libre, Ride On, and LA Bike Academy. Interviews by Anne Marie with Bike Oven cook Joe Borfo and riders Anna, Vicente, and Ida. 26:54 A bit more about social rides. 37:32 Strong Towns' new North

Gear Ratios Explained by Joe Lindsey and Anne Marie Drolet (advanced intermediate). How the Tour de France inspires Taylor Nichols to draft behind strangers-and how they react. 6:03 The symbolism of a bicycle in your dreams, according to "Dreamapp." 7:38 Two weeks into the Tour de France, and it's one of the most interesting and competitive races in years, according to Joe Lindsey, bike writer. 10:53 Are high profile bike sports good for active transportation advocacy? Also: wearing the MAMIL (Middle Age Men In Lycra) epithet as a badge. 29:30 Reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety, road violence and active transportation with Tom Flood. 35:39 Stacey's Bike Thought 58:50

Voices from CicLAvia in South Los Angeles, where public spaces and health were reclaimed through car-free streets. 5:43 Cycling Past 50: how older adults will need to adapt to their changing cycling abilities with older adult mobility and wellness researcher and Executive Director of dblTilde CORE, Carol Kachadoorian. 22:47 Teaching adults to ride with Rob Kadota. 35:43 Racer and bikepacker Adin Maynard describes a route in the heart of Western Massachusetts he designed for Bikepacking.com. 44:32 World Naked Bike Rider Alfredo Gomez and other community voices at CicLAvia. 1:00:20 Stacey's Bike Thought 108:32

The Bicycle Film Festival in the Berkshires, with local organizers Nick Russo and Alison McGee. Also, Olympic mountain bike champion Lea Davison on her film "You Can't Do it Alone" on coming out and the Unbound gravel race. 2:03 What's Pedalpalooza? A festival of bike fun in Portland, 20 year volunteer organizer Megan Sinott explains. 10:56 Cyclists' Personal Injury Attorney Jim Pocrass on the problem of hit and runs. 20:45 How did the Netherlands get so bike friendly? Chris Bruntlett, author of Curbing Traffic and Building the Cycling City, on the many reasons. 32:50 Stacey's bike thought. 57:26

NY Governor Hochul's abrupt and catastrophic turnaround on congestion pricing leaves people who live in NYC with all the costs of cut-through traffic, and none of the money that would have funded transportation. Taylor, Nick and Anne Marie talk with journalist Charles Komanoff and Transportation Alternatives Communications Director Alexa Sledge. 3:24 Taylor talks with Families for Safe Streets members who confront the preventable epidemic of traffic violence by advocating for life-saving changes and providing support to those who have been impacted by crashes. With Laura Fredricks, Jay Hightman, Lindsay Caron, and Grandma Beverly Shelton. 28:52 Stacey's Bike Thought 1:00:00

Voices from the West Hollywood Pride Ride. 2:36 Can a victim of hit and run sue for PTSD? Los Angeles cyclist Aaron Lipstadt consults Jim Pocrass, a personal injury attorney specializing in bikes. 13:34 The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels, by James Hibbard, is about Western philosophy and the limits of rational thinking, being on track for the Olympics, and doping in elite sport. 23:28 Voices from a kids' Bike Rodeo by Safe Routes To Schools in the town of Worthington, Massachusetts. 48:08 Stacey's Bike Thought 54:15

Taylor's European bike interviews: Rome "didn't get the memo" on safe streets for bicyclists, while Barcelona's Superblocks are awesome as advertised. 1:14 Wes Marshall shatters the delusion that science underlies our transportation system in a new book, "Killed by a Traffic Engineer." 12:50 Seattle gets its first protected, "Dutch-style" intersection; Winnipeg doesn't. Boardmember of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and core leader of Queen Anne Greenways Mark Ostrow talks about Seattle bike advocacy's long game with Winnipeg Bike Mayor and Board Director of Bike Winnipeg Patty Wiens. 39:06 Stacey's bike thought 54:21

Revolutionaries Jimmy Lizama, Meg Wachter, and AnneMarie Drolet at the Ride of Silence in Los Angeles. 3:22 A Great Tree Ride for Bike Week in Northampton, Mass. with All Bodies on Bikes' Jacob Sheppard-Saidel, All Out Adventures' Karen Foster, and Friends of Northampton Trails' Elana Huisman. 9:31 Bike Touring in the U.S.A with Adventure Cycling Tours Operations Specialist Corbett Hall. 14:40 Taking on California's Active Transportation Program Cuts in Sacramento with Jeanine Ward-Waller, Director of Transportation Advocacy at Fearless Advocacy. 31:45 A dawning awareness of deadly drivers in San Diego, with Brittany Bailey. 36:46 Pasadena's Bike Month, with Day One's Colin Bogart, Active Transportation Director of Day One Pasadena, and Jonah Kanner of the Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition. 47:32

Part time Bike/Bus only lanes are a suggestion not taken in Los Angeles, as shown in a video by Streets For All Founder Michael Schneider. Michael talks with Miriam Pinski, PhD, Transportation Researcher at Shared-Use Mobility Center, about why and what can be done.   0:27 Christina Uss, the author of “The adventures of A Girl Called Bicycle,” “A Few Bicycles More,” “The Colossus of Roads,” and other children’s books spins tales and fills tires at an Easthampton, Massachusetts library. 11:35 Dwan Dandridge, CEO of Black Leaders Detroit, on his Ride For Equity. 33:59 Northampton’s Bike Week activities, as told to Pedal Person Ruthy Woodring at Pedal Lab in Northampton, Massachusetts, by Karl Ahrendsen. 41:44 Rafael Hernandez on the Trash Panda Cycling Calendar and its events for Bike Month in Los Angeles. 39:37 NYC's congestion pricing has set the stage for pedestrian and bike advocates’ dreams, including an east-west protected bike path on 72nd street, protected paths on 3rd Avenue to East Harlem and

The Mayor of Emeryville, California, John Bauters, weighs in on whether a bad bike lane is better than none, designing a city where bikes belong, and running (as a cyclist) for Alameda County Supervisor. 0.39 Sports journalist Joe Lindsey breaks down the beauty of bike racing and explains why this season's Grand Tours may be the most exciting in years. 18:55 Jacob Sheppard-Saidel's "Bike Commuting 101" workshop as part of Bike Month in Northampton, Massachusetts aims to increase access to biking. With a comment by Howard Moore on his conversion to bike commuting, on a dare. 38:00 Stacey’s Bike Thought 53:44

Roberto's Boston Rideout. 3:10 What anti cyclist harassment ordinances can do for you, according to bike lawyer Jim Pocrass. 9:54 Streets For All Founder Michael Schneider addresses a radio rant about his win for Healthy Streets in Los Angeles. 20:03 How to turn a bike ride into a workout, by Amanda Loudin 33:55 Bike Month in the Bay Area and a call to save the bike path on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge with Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Prinz. 47:50 Stacey's Bike Thought 53:58

A wheelbuilding chat. An interview from the California Bike Summit with Kendra Ramsey, California Bicycle Coalition Executive Director. 1:59 Vehicular Cyclist and League Certified Instructor Jim Baross on learning to ride like a vehicle when safe infrastructure doesn't exist. 7:03 Emma Mellonee of the Active Transportation Research Center on what they’re doing for bikes in California. 13:37 Laura’s Colnago. 15:15 A discussion of the harrassment of cyclists by drivers and "motonormativity" research sparked by a social media helmet cam video. With Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, University of Toronto Data Sciences Institute postdoc and Bike Ottawa board member. 16:26 A London Cycling Campaign survey asks, “why don’t more women cycle?” Kate Bartlett of the London Cycling Campaign, which did the survey, talks with Taylor Nichols and Cathy Tuttle, Bike Loud PDX activist and author of Women Really Need to Talk About Taking Back Our Streets in Portland and Beyond in Momentum Magazine. 31:51 Frequent Bike Talk con

Reimagining streets on Willoughby in West Hollywood California and W. 72nd on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, with PhD Transportation Researcher Miriam Pinski and Carl Mahaney, Director of StreetopiaUWS. 0:52 Listener Email: Dan Murphy on hi-viz clothing: a low cost safety measure, or victim blaming? 14:57 The Great American Rail Trail, the nation’s first cross-country multiuse trail, will stretch more than 3,700 miles between Washington, D.C., and Washington State. Powell County, Montana Planning Director Amanda Cooley and Kevin Belle, Project Manager at Rails to Trails Conservancy, tell Taylor Nichols all about it. 20:05 Re:ciclos: a program which aims to create wider access to cargo bicycle technology and empowerment of youth in black and brown communities by exposure to fabrication, mechanics, advocacy, outreach, and community. Re:ciclos founder Jimmy Lizama talks with Ava Maria. 38:56 Stacey's Bike Thought 55:23

Legal Moment: Can companies be held liable when employees crash while phone-multitasking? With attorney Jim Pocrass. 2:29 Skaters Who Bike in Phoenix are expanding to other cities and towns. With Tim Ward. 8:54 A comprehensive look at years of research shows that Bike Lanes Are Good for Business. Taylor talks with journalist Adam Rogers about his article, https://www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-good-for-business-studies-better-streets-2024-3#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBut%20once%20a%20street%20is,senior%20correspondent%20at%20Business%20Insider. 15:10 Journalist Alison Griswold and Anne Marie Drolet talk on Lyft's thwarted attempt to take over Metro Los Angeles' bike share system, and Why Lyft is Running From Bikeshare: https://slate.com/business/2023/08/lyft-bike-share-citibike-motivate-uber.html 37:37 Bike Thought by Stacey. 54:12

Listener email: an endorsement for Charles Marohn's "empathy for the driver," D.C. bike infrastructure, and an inquiry about our theme song, "Bike:" https://www.malwebb.com/bike.html 2:41 The entire state of California and the individual cities of Oakland, Berkeley, and Los Angeles have proposed or passed measures which implement bike plans when repaving roads. With Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Printz. 7:19 California isn't the only leader in bike friendly legislation; heads of bike and safe streets organizations in New York City, Minneapolis, Detroit, Massachusetts, and Paris share their success stories. 17:20 ValleyBike, Massachusetts’ 2nd largest bikeshare, went bankrupt. Carolyn Misch, Sustainability Director of the city of Northampton, MA., talks about the lesson therein, and how bikeshare can be sustainable. 28:26 Union-busting, bikeshare-fleeing Lyft's bid to replace the current Los Angeles bikeshare vendor, Bicycle Transit Systems, failed. Anne Marie Drolet, Chief Shop Steward of Metr

Access to Hollywood program will add protected bike and bus lanes and cause “traffic evaporation” on LA’s Hollywood Boulevard. Taylor Nichols with LA City Council District 4 Field Deputy Mehmet Berker. 2:01 Personal injury lawyer Jim Pocrass explains the legal grounds for taking the lane. 8:35 Live To Ride: Finding Joy and Meaning on a Bicycle, the book. With author and journalist Peter Flax. https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781648291319 23:00 Northern Virginia Opens New “66-Parallel” Bike And Walking Trail. With Fairfax Alliance for Better Biking founder Bruce Wright. https://fabb-bikes.org/divi_overlay/bruce-wright/ 40:58 Bike thought by Stacey. 54:37

Listener Email: Jonathan Weiss on how much harder it is to get a driver's license in Europe than in the U.S., and what that means for everyone. 1:06 The Best Bike Light is reviewed by Reo Ramsey of Motown Trailblazers in Detroit. 2:52 Listener Email: Jonathan Levin on how shaming drivers causes intransigence. 6:20 Recovering Engineer and Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn on gaining local control over streets to make them safer for everybody, and, to that end, refraining from shaming drivers as in this tweet: https://x.com/clmarohn/status/1759392452262203397?s=20 With Stacey Randecker. 9:53 2 new anthologies of Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction from Bikenomics author Elly Blue and Microcosm Publishing: Bikes, the Universe, and Everything and The Bicyclist's Guide to the Galaxy. 30:20 A Bike Life Rideout in Springfield, Massachusetts. 50:06 Bike Thought by Stacey. 54:40

Winter Riding in Utah 0:23 the Healthy Streets LA ballot measure was approved by voters last week. If it does what is intended, LA will finally be forced to implement its own mobility plan, bike lanes and all. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, reports on the success of his organization's measure. 2:31 Listener email from Børge A. Roum in Norway. 9:11 Charles Marohn, author of "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer" and founder of Strong Towns, reflects on why we shouldn’t ridicule people in oversized cars, but rather “draw a larger circle of empathy” to include drivers in a tweet and here. https://twitter.com/clmarohn/status/1759392452262203397 13:30 Transportation Alternatives NYC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created https://www.spatialequity.nyc/, a tool for comparing Spatial Equity across districts in NYC. With TransAlt Communications Director Alexa Sledge. 44:45 Bike Thought by Stacey 53:30

Eddie Vargas, Grub Hub bike delivery worker, loads up groceries in Los Angeles. 1:51 Bike Traffic report with Don Ward. 4:57 A new study in the Journal for Transport and Land Use shows blaming individuals for traffic violence prevents systemic changes to US roadways. 5:50 "There Are No Accidents" author Jessie Singer on the evolution of the accident, and how the auto industry has convinced the public that car crashes are due to "jaywalkers," "nutty drivers," and human error- when they are built into our roads and cars. 10:45 Author Caroline Paul on her article "My Mother Got on a Bike. It Changed Her Life" and the book from which it sprung, New York Times bestseller "The Gutsy Girl, Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure." 32:26 One girl's first time getting hit by a car. 51:22 Bike Thought by Stacey. 53:43

Voices of CicLAvia. 1:54 The law of riding in inclement weather, with Jim Pocrass. 4:32 Heads of Active Transportation Organizations on their legislative Priorities: Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of CalBike. 11:42 José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis. 21:30 Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition. 29:00 LA Times Letter Editor Paul Thornton on Biking in Los Angeles. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/newsletter/2024-02-24/opinion-newsletter-measure-hla-bikes-street-safety-opinion 37:30 Bike Thought. 55:30